Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Directed by: Alan Metter
Written by: Amy Spies
Other cast: Shannen Doherty, Helen Hunt, Lee Montgomery, Morgan Woodward, and Ed Lauter
Release date: April 12, 1985
Genre: Comedy, Music & Romance
Running time: 1h 30m
Janey is a shy good girl. Lynne is a cool rock chick. But when the two friends scheme to get Janey on television's biggest after-school dance show, they find themselves on a wild adventure filled with cute boys, hot dancing, prudish nuns, mean rich kids, parents that just don't understand, and girls doing what they know best...just having fun.
Tagline
Getting into trouble is easy but getting out of it is all the fun!
That’s all they really want!
Life will be serious soon enough. But for now…
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Trivia
💛 Helen Hunt and Sarah Jessica Parker would each go on to have a romantic relationship with Matthew Broderick, Parker and Broderick ended up getting married.
💛 Janey mentions Captain Kirk. Morgan Woodward appears in this movie – as Natalie’s father – and has also appeared in The Omega Glory and Dagger of the Mind.
💛 This was the first time Helen Hunt appeared in a film with an actress who played Annie. Sarah Jessica Parker played Annie in the Broadway production; Helen Hunt later appeared in The Frog Prince with Aileen Quinn who starred in the movie production of Annie.
Character Quotes
Lynne: My name’s Lynne Stone.
Janey: Hi.
Lynne: But I’m gonna change it as soon as I’m old enough.
[about a motorcycle]
Janey: Is it safe?
Drew: It’s the safest thing you’ll ever have between your legs.
Janey: What?
Drew, Jeff: Nothing!
Janey: Do you have a date or something?
Lynne: No I wish, I just know I must be horny.
[Janey is asking her father for permission to audition for DTV]
Col. Glenn: You’re too young to go out at night, except for the occasional supervised school activity. When you’re eighteen, then you’re entitled to some nightlife. Now we had a deal, remember?
Janey: We made a deal when I was seven and a half and night life was The Muppet Show!
Col. Glenn: Don’t sass me!
Janey: I’m sorry, sir.
Jeff: So where were you last night? I waited out there for an hour and a half!
Janey: Well I tried to tell you that I couldn’t go, but you hung up to fast.
Janey: I can’t believe that in two weeks I’m going to be dancing on DTV!
[calms down from the excitement]
Janey: I bet I’d get hit by a car!
Jeff: What?
Janey: No, things are going to well. I mean besides DTV, I have a best friend, and I mean, I’d never dreamed in a million years that I would have a boyfriend!
Janey: Jonathan and Lisa are definitely my favorite couple. You know his birthday is the same as mine almost.
[Being told to tell about herself and her interests]
Janey: Army bases are pretty dead, unless you’re in the Army. So I always had a lot of time to daydream, and my daydream was always the same – that some day, I was going to get to Chicago, because that’s where they make Dance TV.
Janey: I love to dance!
Zach Glenn: We have met the enemy and she has B.O.
Janey: Zach!
Janey: If I win I’m going to be on TV alright?
Col. Glenn: Negative!
Janey: There’s this really big Latin test on Monday and, um, I’m way way behind.
Col. Glenn: Since when do you take Latin?
Janey: Since last week which is why I’m way behind.
Jeff: So I tried to call you yesterday… to see if you wanted to reherse, I mean.
Janey: Oh, ummm… well my dad made us all go to the airshow.
Jeff: Was it fun?
Janey: 200 people standing around like this
[looks up at the sky and sarcastically says]
Janey: It was a blast!